attack dog
attack dog
nounDefinition of ATTACK DOG
1
: a dog trained to attack on command or on sight
2
: a person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others <a political attack dog>
See Examples of ATTACK DOG
- The charges against the candidate were made by one of the governor's attack dogs.
- <his reputation as a political attack dog earned him the vice presidential spot on the ticket>
First Known Use of ATTACK DOG
1970
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Rhymes with ATTACK DOG
analog, analogue, apologue, catalog, chili dog, decalogue, dialogue, dog-eat-dog, duologue, epilogue, hearing dog, homologue, leopard frog, monologue, mummichog, overdog, police dog, pollywog, prairie dog, running dog, shaggy-dog, sinologue, theologue, Tagalog, travelogue, underdog, water dog, waterlog, working dog, yellow-dog
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